Abstract

Speaking is the verbal use of language to communicate with other. Speaking is necessary skill because of its essential role in facilitating learners to master English. It enables student to express themselves creatively and to communicate with other effectively.
This research was about the teaching speaking at the second year students of accelerated class at SMP Negeri 1 Malang. The purposes of the study were to get the information of the methods and its implementation used by the teacher in teaching speaking, to know the problems faced by the
teacher in the implementation of those methods, and to know the ways how the teacher copes with those problems in teaching speaking for the second year students of accelerated class at SMP Negeri 1 Malang.
The research design was descriptive qualitative design. The subject of this research was the English teacher of second year students of accelerated class at SMP Negeri 1 Malang. She was selected as the subject of this research because of some criteria such as the teacher’s educational background, experiences, and knowledge. Furthermore, there was only one English teacher in the second year students of accelerated class in SMP Negeri 1 Malang. The instruments used were
interview and observation. The data were collected by interview to the English teacher and observation in a class.
The result of this research were there were three methods of teaching speaking applied by the teacher to teach the second year students of acceleration class at SMP Negeri 1 Malang. The methods used were direct method, audio­lingual method, and communicative approach. The teacher faced several problems in implementing the methods of teaching speaking. The problems were identified into materials, students, and facilities problems. The teacher solved those
problems in teaching speaking based on her ability and knowledge.
In brief, the implementation of those methods was good enough although the teacher got several problems to implement them. Meanwhile, those methods can help the teacher creates the effective teaching speaking in order that the students enjoyed in learning speaking.